Andreina Fuentes - Tremendo Cambur 2

TITLE: Tremendo Cambur (Big Banana)

DIMENSIONS: 49 x 65 cm

MEDIUM: Photography 5+ AP 2/5

YEAR: 2014

ARTIST: Andreina Fuentes

In Venezuela, (ripe) bananas are an essential part of the daily diet. In the Venezuelan common language, however, people use the term cambur (banana) to refer to someone who holds a very important

position in the public sector, which was usually obtained through means, very distant from those based on merits. In this regard, people who occupy a public position for simply sharing the same political tendencies, or the same DNA, are said to have obtained “such a large banana” (Tremendo Cambur). It is

understood they are allowed to remain in position and enjoy all the benefits, as long as the relative

appointing such remains in office.

The current President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro is fraudulently forcing his position. Therefore, it is fair to say that Maduro is sitting on a “very large banana,” with no intention of

deposing his position or its privileges through peaceful or democratic methods. Hence, Maduro’s

banana is certainly rotten.

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